copulation

Definition

copulation rate

(Adult / Slang)

1. Sexual intercourse. The term is applied to the mating of hunans and animals. See copulation for synonyms.

2. Specifically, vaginal intercourse, in distinction to anal and oral copulation.

Quotes:

(1) The OED attributes this quote to William Caxton (1483): ' Made one flesshe by carnal copulacyon.'

(2) William Shakespeare (1564-1616) King Lear : ' Adultery? Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery! / No, the wren goes to't, and the small gilded fly / Does lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive.'

(3) Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) and Milos Tindle (Michael Caine) in Sleuth (1972): ' I'm in the pink of condition. I could copulate for England at any distance.'

(4) Charlotte Flax (Winona Ryder) implores God by crossing herself in Mermaids (1990): ' Please, God! Don't let me fall in love and do one of those disgusting things.'